The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Croke Township was organized in 1881, and named after Thomas Croke (1824–1902), a Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel and Emly in Ireland.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Croke’s history is told.
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No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Croke is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Croke has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Depot in Wheaton, 6.6 miles away.
Croke and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Croke
Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul DepotWheaton · Building6.6miLarson's Hunters ResortLake Valley · Built 19019.6mi
Graceville Historical MarkerGraceville · Built 194010.2miFort Wadsworth Agency and Scout Headquarters BuildingArthur · Building14.4miChicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific DepotClinton · Building17.7mi
Graceville Historical MarkerGraceville · Built 194010.2miFort Wadsworth Agency and Scout Headquarters BuildingArthur · Building14.4miChicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific DepotClinton · Building17.7miHow a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Depot’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Croke?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Croke’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.